Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-30
getting q defect in his wall OF charsct

tnst may never be corrected. One Of the
bess friends I ever mad died Of delifium
trarcnG Ct sixty yesrs Of zSe. though be
had not sincs tweIty-one years OF age
before ghica ne had been disgipated-
touched Intoxicating liquor until that par
ocular cerousal that took him Of. Not
feeling well II e street On hot summer
day, he stepped into drug store, Just IS
you and | would have done, and ASKED for
dose Of something to make him feel bet
ter. And there was alcohol In the dose,
and hat one drop aroused the old appe-
tite, and he entered the first liquor store,
and stayed there until thoroughly under
the power OF rum. He entered his home
raviug maniac, his wife and daughters
feeing from his presence, until he was
taken to the city hospital to die. The
combustible material OF early habit had
lain quiet nearly forty years, anc that one
spark ignited the conAggrstion. Remem-
Der hat the wal! may be one hundred feet
higR, aad yet DETECTION one foot from
the found affects the entire structure.
And il you live hundred years and Go
right the last eighty years, you may new
ertheless do something at twenty years OF
sge that will damage ell your earthly e2-
isuerce. All you who have built houses
for yourself or for others, am 1 not right
in saying TO these young men, you can
not build wall go high IS 20 be indie
pendent Of the character q it's fOUnda-
tionP a man before thirty years Of age
| may commit enough sin to last him life
| time. 4 cat that 3as killed one pigeon
cannot be cured Keep ii from killing
The first pigeon. Now John, or George,
or Charles, or William, or Alexander, or
Henry, Or whatever be your Christian
nsme or surname, say here and now: "No
wild oats COR me,
10 CIGARS Or CIGARETTES
for me, no wine or beer tor ne, no nasty
| stories fer me, no Sunday gprees for me,
SIN going TO start right and keep on
right God help me, for I SIN very weak.
From the throne Of eternal righteousness
| let down to NE tGe principles By which |
can be guided IN building everything
| from foundation to cGpstone. Lord God,
by 1he wounded band OF Christ, throw
me plumb line!'
Lord Nelson's general direction when
| going into naval battle was, no man can
do wrong Rho places his ship close along.
side that CT the enemy. My friend, you
will never do wrong II You keep your life
close alongside the Ten Commandments.
Do right, 8nd you CGD be as brave as Ne
ria Theresa, VINO rode up the Hill OF De-
tiarce and shook her sword at the four
corners Of the eaI!h.
Out" you say, "you shut Us young
folks ont from all fun" 0, no! I Ike
fun. l believe Ii fua. | have had lots
Of il in my time. But l have not had to
go into paths OF Sin 10 find it. no credit
iO me, but blcausa Of an extraordinary
parental example and influence | was
kept from cutwar! transgrcssions, though
nv heart was bad enough and desper-
ateIy wicked. | have had fun iIlimlta5le,
though | never 3wOre one oath, and never
garlbIed for so much rs the value Of 6
Din, and never saR the inside OF haunt
OF sin save IS when Ten ayears ego, with
commissioner OF police and detective
*nd two elders Of my church, l explored
these cities b. midnight, not out Of curl
cgity, but that l might in pulpit discourse
Sc. before the people the poverty anc the
horrors Of underground city lie. Yet,
vhopga l aGyer was Intoxicated for en-
instant, and neveE committed one act OF
iiasoluteness, restrained Only by the
orcce Of Cod, without which restraint
would have gone 1eadlong to the bottom
Of !nfamY, have
HAD so MUCH FUN
that don't believe there is man On The
planet IN the present time who has hsC
more. Hear it, men and boys, women
and girls. ell the Jun is on the side O.
right. Sin may seem attractive, but 1t il
deathful, and like tho manchineel, d %rce
whose cews are poisonous. The Only
genuine happiness is in sn honest Chris
tan life. The Chippewa, Went-
ing 70 see God, blscken!
his fsce wish charcoal and fasts
till ne has q vision Of what he calls God
Nv God can see best when | take mI
nat OF and let the sunshine blaze in my
|. face, and after q reasonable breakfast. IL
, Is not . God CT bicckGess and starvation
but Of light and pienitude, and the glory
, of the MONDAY sun is Egyptian midn!gh
!, compared to II. There they go-twC
[ brothers, The one YES converted & yes
, $50 in church, one Sunday moIpinl
. during prayer, or sermon, or hymn. n,
oce k1og il at the sine. The persons OF
either eide Of hin suspected nothing, bu
il thst ycuag mans soul this pieces
? went on: "Lord, here L an, 6 Young ne!
: smtd the temptations OF city life, auG
, sm rt-ciG to risk them GlOn9; come M
! be ny pazdoa and my helps save ne fron
uehins the micGkc thai some Of ny com
SsdeS a.e making, and save me now
And Quicker than Hash God role,
heaven int his soul. He ie just as ioll
. | ag he Qged TO be, is Just es brilliant IS q
used e. be. Re cGn strike ngll CT cite
= enc cs easily SIS before he Grs converted
!. With gun or fishing rod in this summe
vacation he vas just as skilliul az before
TIE world is brighter TO him than ever
j. He appreciates pictures, music, innOcen
hliaIily, soctal HE,
GOOD JOKES,
il and hsd plenty of iuo, hrst-clasa fur
o glorious fun. Bat his brother is &oin
+ down hill. II Sue morning his hes
acbes irons the Champagne debsuCf
r Everybody sees ne is in rapid descent
W1sf cares he Ser right, or Gecency, O
: the nocor Of mis- family namei Turne
n out Of employment, depleted in he<t
!. cast dovu IN spirits, the typhoid feve
4 strikes MIN IL the smallest room on "a
fourtb story Of 8 f3th rste bozrdin
I aouee. curling God AID calling for hi
: mother, and fghsjng back demons froI
2 bis diving pillow, which is beswe.ted al
0 torn 70 rsgg. he piunges out OF hi
9 vorId With the shrek Of a dest.oya
II spirit Ass ior that kind Of fun! Ii
remorse. l. ID despair. It is blecknel
g Of darkness. Il is wee amending IN
II ilopg-renembeEiug, ard crushing g
,. though all the mountains of all the cont
i. inepts relied on him in one svalarch;
o nv soul, stand back from such iu,
e Young mon, there Is 70 fun in shipwrecE
= mo vour character, no fun il disgrscin
: your ialneE's name. There is no fun
: breaking your mothers heart. The,
IN hn t.,